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*LF-CONFIDENCE IS WEAKNESS Matthew 26:31-35, 69-75-December 4 -Let him that thiizkethL he stanideth take heed zcs: ic fau.--I Cor. 10:1. T. PETER has proven to be one I - of the most helpful of Christ's < twelve Apostles. and the secret 4 of his assistance lies in the Scriptural revelation of his human nature, its strength and its weaknesses. He was the first of the twelve Apostles to ac knowledge the Master as the Messiah, the Sent of God; he was the first of the I twelve to deny him. He was the only one of the twelve who drew his sword t iL the Master's defense and the only I one who, later, swore that he never I knew him. By Divine arrangement, to i him were given the keys with whichj sed e a-/ & O .Sea>/VeX: &&>r the rod cko &gii /w he e-tee hle Mes/er to open the door to the High Calling to the Kingdom. At Pentecost he used one of the keys of power and boldly pro-j claimed to the Jews the opening- of theI way to g-lory, honor and immortality. A little Inter. at the 'appointed time, he opened the door to the same High'Calling- for the Gentiles when, by his preaching, Cornelius, the first Gen tile acceptable to God, was received t and begotten of the holy Spirit. this fact giving' evidence that the middle wall oftarttion previously separat don litt, lafter all ths apned subsmequene thsebldo to the sextn Hfighnoring fo' rao the Gentiles nb and begttufficientl disciitthisb ing Jew and Gentile, had beenbro en I eqandlspial opretunm N SBut in all these experiences St. Peter f displayed the fact that his heart, at ., its core, was loyal to God, to truth, to a ig~hteousness, and that the weakness- o -es, 'the faults, the btemishes of his p -character were of his flesh and not of tl 'his real heart 'intention. For his de- - -nial of the Master he wept bitterly. D * .And for his' failure to recognize the t l tientiles he made full reparation most lmbly.. o ~KThe same exhibition of human na- I I Utze which' makes the Apostle Peter c -tataneds that which made David. the Prophet and king of Israel, at tractive. He was not so -saintly that * he could not make a mist -ke. He was - not so far above the remainder of humanity that they could not realize in him a fellow-creature. Yet withal he was not so debased as to make him abhorrent. His weaknesses were fully offset by the abundant evidence of his heart-loyalty to God and to right-g - eousness. His very ~ experiences Inj stumbling and recovery have so 'sat urated his Psalms that they touch a responsive chord in nearly every heart which is loyal to God and which has had ang degree of experience with sin and weakness-Its own and those of others. H ow Others Saw St. Peter Peter remains even today the most. fascinating of that band of men who surrounded our Lord in the days -of his earthly pilgrimage. G. C. Morgan said 'of Peter: "Now I am convinced that in Peter we have the greatest hu man revealcd in the New Testa ment. I do not say the greatest man in his achievement or in one particu lar capacity of his being, but the most wonderful revelation of human na ture. This man of intelligence,. was '1 perpetually making blunders. This1 man of emotions was guilty of such impulse that he worked harm in the1 very cause he desired to help." .Of St. Peter Southouse says: "Peter was an average man, and for this rea son .he comes nearer to us than some of his colleagues do. But average meni have their splendid moments, such as when St. Peter tried to walk on the water, for in this action he tried to do a thing for whj~eh he seem ed to have no abilities. lie set out to do something of which he had no ex perience." Dr. Davis said about St. Peter: "Peter was intellectual. He asked Jesus more questions than any other of the Apostles. The capacity for ask ing Questions is a revelation of the Intellectuai. It may also be a revela tion of ignorance; but the man who never asks a question is certainly de ficient in his intellectuality. * * * Peter was a man of heart, sobbing and im petuous. His virtues and his faults had their c-ommon root in his enthu siasti-- disposition., It is to his praise that alongr with the weed of rash has there grew more strougly into FON' pirt f sun mnd Cricofc heir wisdo isr not: to benerly the~ F elis id, wichi woud oo put fo a Iso h ive i iZo:e- for te ies >frit of a surd iiiuad. for the inter owers are exhorted u e a fie as elpea-ts anld ilaruiciss dovs. rheir wisdh is hot to Le mrey the elfish kind, which wuuld look out for t ow iterysins. but of thi benero snd f me ioks out for the iteiest f all, and particularly for the inter sts otte Lords cause and for any hare therein which he may entrust 0 US. tI In the course of his instruc tions,9 resus had said to his disciples, in ad *ance of the trying hour of his be rayal- all ye shall be offended be ause of 'me this night; for it is writ - en (in theProphets), Iwill site the ghepherd and the sheep of tre fock haill be scattered abroad But after 7 m risen again I will go before youF nto Galilee."-Iatlz 2:31, 3 . Then spoke the impulsive Peter, 'Though all shall be offended because f thee, yet will I never be offended." T. 33) Alas! how little did this cou Lgeous man understand the niature of, r he trials and difficulties immediately ; nefore him, or realize the weak ants f his own impulsive nature. Yet if ve are grieved with his denial of the aaster, we must rejoice to note hisc 'aith. and love and zeal, as iKanifested nhis acknowledgment of Jesus as the! fessiah and his latir declaration that, iothing should ever shake his loyalty. t However, it is the specially loyal and a rdent that the Adversary seeks most ersistently to entrap. Thus Jesus, on g his very occasion, explained to St. c Peter, "Satan hath desired to have bee that he might sift thee" (Luke 2:31); that' he might separate you rom your loyalty to Christ and dis ourage you from discipleship, over- A vhelming you with fear and with your svn weaknesses. The Master 'added, 'But I have prayed for thee that thyI1 aith fail not." We may well under- C tand that the same loving Master still t1 tssists all of his true, warm-hearted F ollowers, whatever their weaknesses o if heredity. We may well understand, oo, that he is able to develop all such h nto strong characters, if they abide in tis love, continuing in their zeal. b "Before the Cock Crow" The Master discerned the danger of a tis loving but impetuous follower, and ttered a warning word, that before ock-crowing he would deny his Mas er. How improbable this seemed to t- Peter! How he courageously de lared, "Though I should die with tfie. et will I not deny thee." And so said 11 of the eleven- Their hearts were od. And the Lord looketh upon the eart. ,t Our study now passes to verse 9. The Master had been arrestedl. 'he scattered disciples had fied. St. ohn. because of an acquaintance with e high priest's family, penetrated rther into the palace than St. Peter. r 'ho stood in the court-yard- A maid 0 the palace recognized St. Peter as ii ae of Jesus' disciples and so declared g blicly. Fearful that he might share e fate of the Master, St. Peter denied is identity, declaring that he knew sa othing about the matter. A little T1 ter another declared the same. el Peter emphasized his denial with an 19 ith, declaring that he knew not Jesus. 11 ater the word spread throughout the urt-yard and many took it up, decla- ~ ~that theyv believed wvhat the maid -- b 1 . a TA-4eo.w/oys~ oes >iyCrd dhwhih oork hisrgme. aid and that St. Peter had the Gali- o can dialect, anyway- To emphasize :he denial St. Peter began to c-urse, - nd to swear that he knew not the nan. Directly after, cock-crowing be ;an. Then St. Peter remembered the - words of his Master, "Before cock ~rowing thou shalt deny me thrice-" Alas! he had been too sure of his own stability, too confident of his loyalty Ele was entrapped by the Adversary along the very line of his boasting. ¬her account says that Jesus turned nd looked at Peter! That look was sufficient. It spoke volumes to St. Pe ter's loyal heart. It was not a look of 1sdain, nor one of anger, we may be sure. It was a look of loving sym pathy. It melted St. Peter's heart. e went out and wept bitterly. The ofolowers of the Master today. beset by weaknesses and fralities and temptIa tions of the Adversary, have the lesson of St. Peter's experience as a warning to be confident in the Lord and to look to him for assistance, rather than to be self-confident. And those who fail today have St. Peter's experience as a - lesson of the Lord's sympathy and pity.! They. to, should weep bitterly for transgressions and repent and profit ;- thir exnerience ,veen U e srevenuo nd city \c ' rul ounding of Deputy R1evenue Collectr homas H. Baker and John CarL. 15-year-old boy. The whole affair was a ease o? r:i tken identity and of the effort of thE Xo posses to capture the occupant ol shanty boat wanted for the violatior f both federal and state laws. !a er and several special deputies werE a guard about the boat whcnu ves Shea and Nolan, on the same tission, ran into their ambuscade. eneral fusillade followed, and before lentities were established Baker anc Le boy had been wounded. Their in nries are not serious. HEAVY VERDICT. ennsylvania Roads and Steel Co. Con victed on Rebating Charge. The UfIted States district court at hiladelphia has refused to grant a ew trial to the Philadelphia and 'eading railway, the Lehigh Vally ailroad and the'Bethlehem Steel Com any, recently convicted on cfiarge, f rebating. There are a large number of counts t the indictments against the thre ompanies, and if the maximum penal r were imposed against each defend. nt, the Bethlehem Steel Company ould have to pay a fine of $3,200.000 te Lehigh Valley ra road $2,500,00( nd the Reading railway $1,740,000. The jury, in rendering its verdict c! uilty, however, recommended thf ompanies to the mercy of the court. FOUR IMN KILLED IN WRECK, nd Several Others Are Badly In jured. Norfolk & Western passenger trail 1. 16, eastbound from Columbus hio, to Norfolk, Va.. was wrecked ii innel No. 6, near Williamson, W., Va 'our men were killed and severa! thers hurt. All the dead were mail clerks and elpers. The engine. tynder, mail.; car anr aggage car were derailed. The traii >ad people say the track is choked ad it is not known when it will i. [eared. It is said no passengers were in xred. IN.THE Patrick Flaherty, the PORTING veteran twirler, will be WORLD. given another chance [anager Fred Tenney has decided t( t Pat show what he can do in at Bos n uniform. Boston secured the vet. an twirler, who was with Atlanta lasi ~aso. A Milwaukee dispa~fch says thal ck Johnson has agreed -to fight if he ~ceives $30,000 for his end-win, lose draw. He made this announcement, is said, in reply to a question in re. rd to when he intended to get bacd Lto the fighting game aagin. Graitland Rice, formerly of Atlanta d more recently sporting editor of e Nashville Tennessean, has accept I a position as sporting editor of The ew Yor10 Evening Mail at an attract e yearly salary. Gygli, the first baseman of the Mom bis team, who was secured by Mem bs from Birmingham last season, hu een sold to New Haven, Conn., in the 'ew England League. Catcher Tonnemanl, with Toronte st season -and with Nashville ir 09, announces thiat he has signec Ith the Boston Nationals for 1911. Two or three Cincinnati players havi tached their signatures to anti-booz4 Lauses in their contracts. Abe Attell gets a $2,000 guarantee r boxing Billy Allen ten rounds al yracuse January 23. obert Lee Hedges' salary as plesi nt of the St. Louis Browns was 10,000 a year. Dan McGann amassed $40,000 hI 'elve years' playing ball, it is said. Precept and Example. "Colonel, that was an admirable )eech you made at the club the other rening -on the obligations of citizen ip. I've been intending to tell you Sever since I beard it. We need sore of that kind of talk nowadays. ut what are you looking so gloomy bout this morning, colonel? No bad ews. I hope." "Dash it all, yes: I've been drawr Sa jury!"-Chicalgo Tribune. etters on Poorly Printed Stationery 6o Into the ! ~ I t cass lo~kng eter eadwis ate cas looming o letter nderinath We Print\That Kind of Stationery e Are Ready to Print Yours ILL ThecOr Mr.PF : Manufact:: above other c idea Twenty to-day; the n Factories to si F. NORFOLK, V MAOON, GA, Reductiol We want you to use one o )OLIVEiR IMPROVED TCRN to do so we will CUT 'THE P The First If you need one com( in canI- you. If you are si Moon. Wade Chastain, Petty F: ers, who , ave bought and are If you break the standard we will replace it tree ot charg< b the manutacturer- -he is beh WE ARE GIVING ONE LOWS AWAY, FREE! Yi ash purchase you make at our hance at the plow. There ar< he second prize is a nice set ca he third prize~ is a 24-pound sa We carry-all the necessary an Plow which was sold by Mr It is time to start farming uarters for what y ou will wa Shovels, Hoes, Rak'-s, Hames ands, etc., etc. WVe can fit yo In our Grocery Departmne' lete and we can "put the ratid it" so that you can rn-ke .a goo< Yom's for a happy and pro ickens, S. C. This is a true saying in n the job is doing his duty. play as there stands up before I e wants done than he can pc merchant who wants to pleas trade. There is always somneti Now, most of the SH OE now it will not be long till th4 eeded. so we have filled in si the Good Old RELIABLE KI These cold rainy days that r for the ladies to piece up qudi' SCRAP BUNDLES at NINE' Don't forget that many u from our BARGAIN COUNT Come to see us for your v CRA'a -z-- 0'n ft a s u .c o .o believed That succ of Fedizr who wo nsd ns, TiI-s W seven years ago and Wsult has been that ii ipply the demand for RC S. ROYSTER GUANO COMJ FACTORIES AND SALES OFFICES. 'A. TARBORO, N. C. COLUMBIA, S. C. SPA COLUMBUS, GA. * MONTGOMERY& ALA4 ai in Price, F ite Celebrated WILLIAM 1. PLOWS, and to induce you RICE on them until o f marh .nd see how close a price we :eptical about them ask Ross -eeman, WI. A. Edens, and oii-, well picased with th-s plow. r frog through the point holes . eare required to do- this iid this p~low" with a guarantee. OF T HESE CELEBlRATED )U get a ticket with each dollar store which entitles \ Ou to a also two other prizes offered. f Table Knives and Forks and. :k of CAPITOLA Flour. repairs and points for the Vul-, .Peek, and also for the Oliver. peralionls and we are the head-: nt and need. Piows, Stocks, Coliars, Trace Chiains, Back u out and please you in~ pricM.. t you will find our stock comn s and tools to you till you feel cotton and corn c rop. sperous year. te &Wircked[o dl lines of business if the man The farmer finds no time to imn at all times more work that. ~ssiby do. Same way with the : his customers and get more ing to be doing. STOCKS are broken. We : second pair of shoes will be~ ~es and are ready I' om .s 'it. ND at reasonable prices. rc vet to come are good tim-s~ F.lave iust received a lot of Y-EIG H T cents each. seful articles can be purchased RS at reasonable prices. -at;we will try to please you. BROS. h Me on ants.. r --- -RADE. M P REGISTERED. crtilizcr ess awaited the uld place quality as Mr. Royster's this is his idea requires Eight yster Fertilizers, 'ANY. RTANBURG, S.C. BALTIMORE, MD S f'.UT OF :SOUTl CA ItoL N. Cou:iLy of -cxent Cou.L Of C011mon1 Views.. - : : r-~Complain. Served Plaintiff. .5 M.I. !!u bbar< Defendants To the dfet:* )oir: :tm l: Yre :re Ier:,y Strumulurie.d ad requir waie.n.aey i., !erewi served! u, anld t bCVCii Ia.)py of your :n '4-er t comul on the u ibe at their Plicsens. Souith. %trolia:t. w:lntwent after the service hereoi. exe!usive of t of su:a ..e. ie: .Lzud if yu fail to ar, complaint within the tim-i :foresaid. the tilf in this nt: a .i . ili ...:ly to the Co the relief demaniale.1 in tue complazinL Dated Decr. :th .\. D). 19110 C. C. P. a.i. \l. ltt bard. Yu are hereoy notizled that the^ tlo'DEtt'i.idalM s e o Pic ens county 17 day of! Dec. 1910. lBoggs & Find! y, Plaintiffs Atto ers Auditor's NoticA. '1 'r.m. r t~kn 'he r-iurna for and closee February 20th, 1911. T'w Xu.wr .. a' w~ *it s *ill be at th. hjiarulw~ie. iat~ s to take return<: 'to- i.'r. TP --. -tWl- 17 & '8. - .~ 'eThn'rsly. (a. mi.) Jan. 19.. L'sty roVC. & Sat.(uoou)Jan.20& 21 I -'s. - ennb .tIn I Tu-s j,1? 53'& 24 G~enw. si -- '" -(p:-m.) Jan 25 *4...JP sons Thu. (s t ) Jansuary 28 La peus tIin Thu. (p. mn.) -\ 26 t .sville. Fray (a iu.) "1 4 I?--s re-k IFrida -(p mn.) [ II I 'S SuriI. " (I. m)2 .\Ii .- r*... a rue-.day (p. in.) -31 ix 'n Wed. (1. mi.) feb ary 1 - it. . kIup-etfall . h.IN~t. A. .[STOP TP. Ca~tle Hall Pickens Lodge ?No123 R A I i.i a or alli the Ruwks. v -de-r oft I) (G. .MIMIIE. C, C. Secret Order Meetings. Maison ic-A. F. & A. M. meets Saturdw. nights on or before. the fuall moon Chapter-R. A. M. meets Fri. day nights on or after the full mioon. K. of P. -- Meets, every Mon 7.:: jith after $he fi'st and third Sundays. W. O. W.-Meets every first and third Tuesday nights. City Council meets Tuesday nights after first Mondays. Notice to Debtors and Cregrs. A.aL u suns ho;.Jun claims tgausgt the est:--e of the. late Udy M. Miller must presenft the~ s-umi duly proen on 0 biuI-- t.-- 1] yf Februaty 1911 be - :arra~u pu' m.i n and all ,ersonls deb e- to sni- ino -. muy m.,4 -epa pnt ..r. ..r ii t're t n- .&b.bove . 'e. 60 E. D. - Adm n'trito.y